It is a black bear. We had a rough winter and they are probably looking for food because there is still snow in some of the higher elevations. My other friend who is part of our group, one year her and her son got between a mama and her cub. Once she realized what was happening her and her son slowly but steadily got out of the way.
We go up into some pretty remote areas to pick berrys and we always make lots of noise from the moment we get out of the truck till we get back to it. We also keep very close check on where each of us is. Oh and I and one of the other ladies carry very big guns with hollow points. We are actually more concernd about the human element than the bears.